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Nigeria navy kills 6 pirates, injures 1

11,000 fake cops on payroll

A probe into policing in the troubled new country of South Sudan has uncovered 11,000 fake names on the payroll.

Tsvangirai slams 'fraud' at the polls

Tiny nation stamps foot over wave of refugees

Mohammed Abdi, an asylum seeker from Somalia, counts himself to have made two new sets of friends this month.

Mugabe's age a liability, say rivals

Islamic and secular laws clash in Nigeria's Senate

Report: Rwandan support for Congo rebels continues

South Africa rebukes its officials over Zimbabwe

Wounded warriors missing after S. Sudan violence